Theres a cheaper test (sober one) that you can do. Buy Coca-cola, Pepsi and 7-Up. Put them all into the fridge for several hours. Then do a blindfold test on someone. Dont even tell them that the 7-up is an option. Just tell them that it’s a test to see if they can tell the difference between Coke and Pepsi. They will be unlikely to tell the difference between any of them.
When soda is cold it deadens the receptors in your taste buds. It’s a fun prank to pull on friends.
Dec. 20th mind blowing random thought of the day: The Diomede Islands are constituted of two islands, one owned by the United States and the other owned by Russia. Although the distance between them is only 2.4 miles, the time difference is 21 hours.
Dec. 21st mind blowing random thought of the day: The word “zugzwang,” otherwise known as a compulsion move, is of German origin referring to a game of chess, in which a player is forced to make a bad move as opposed to simply being able to pass turn.
Dec. 22nd mind blowing random thought of the day: In Boston, Massachusetts, one is not allowed to take part in a frog jumping contest while inside of a nightclub.
Dec. 23rd mind blowing random thought of the day: An adult female blanket octopus is approx. 40,000 times bigger than her male counterpart, which is the largest known gender-size discrepancy in the animal kingdom.
“There are at least two complete novels that do not use the letter “E.” The first is a 50,000-word novel called Gadsby written in 1939 by Ernest Vincent Wright. To avoid using the letter “E,” Wright allegedly pinned down the letter on his typewriter. The second is a novel written in French by Georges Perec. Published in 1969, the French title was La Disparition, and it was eventually translated into English under the name A Void . A literal translation of the book’s title would have been The Disappearance , but that would have used “E” three times, so it had to be changed.”
Dec. 24th mind blowing random thought of the day: The external fuel tank on a space shuttle was originally painted white, but was later reverted back to its initial color orange after learning that the white latex paint added 600lbs to the craft.
Dec. 25th mind blowing random thought of the day: Psychologist Sigmund Freud enjoyed using cocaine so much that he would give it to family and friends as a gift for Christmas every year.
Dec. 26th mind blowing random thought of the day: The “Groom of the Stool” was a servant during the 16th to 19th century who assisted British monarchs with bodily functions of excretion and ablution. Considered to be one of the most powerful positions in the kingdom, grooms had exclusive access to the king and queen alone during their most intimate moments, and therefore learned many secrets that made them feared and respected by both the public and royal court.
Dec. 27th mind blowing random thought of the day: FEMA unofficially determines the severity of natural disasters by whether local Waffle House diners remain open or not, as they are known to only shut down during times of absolute devastation.